I've been wanting to make a Chef character as i'm interested in cooking in real life. but i don't really know what skills to use. and i've heard there is a usable fork and knife as weapons? if there is, where are they and how can i get them?

And what skills should i use for my Chef?

Out of interest....what on Earth (I mean Nirn...God..GODS) would you actually do? I like role playing too but, well, I'm quite baffled as to why you'd role play a character than can't actually do anything in game. Are you going to be a chef turned adventurer or...just a chef?

I've never tried wielding a knife or fork but I'd assumed you couldn't. I'd love to be wrong as it'd be pretty damn funny if you could but don't hold your breath.

Wield your fork and knife from honeyside and hunt different sorts of "game" for normal people and your good friends in markarth.

If that happens, then i want my own drunk class.

Done it. just run around naked and steal mead.

He's probably gonna be a cannibal. i haven't decided yet.
What upgrades do i need to buy to get them?

There aren't any cutlery weapons, but if you're on PC, http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=9884 makes a lot of fun things (including forks, ladles and knives) wield-able.
I suggest you make your chef an "average joe", stick to towns and not-so-dangerous places. You can also use alchemy and make spices for your food. Mmmm...

Tonight's special: Blisterwort and Human Heart Stew!!

How about a hunter? Use only the Longbow/Hunter's Bow and kill animals for their meat. If you want to be evil you can steal other peoples crops/food. And cook up a storm.

Well, there's a mod that allows you to use quite a lot of misc items as weapons, if you're on PC. But honestly, I'd RP a chef-assassin. Basically a chef who sneaks about with a dagger killing folks...

Dude, get Namira's ring if you actually want to be able to cannibalize people.

He wants to be a cut above the rest.

Or, welcome to Gordon Ramsay's Skyrim Nightmares.

And... well, this next is a spoiler, so...

What 'bout a real hearty souffle with Human, Daedra, and Briar hearts?

I'd like to introduce your chef to a friend of mine, name's Eola.... no sense wasting all the perfectly good long pork...

You will need the dual wielding (one-handed) perks for use with your knife and fork. You can buy Honeyside (the house in Riften) and then upgrade the decorations to get some cooking utensils. Also, I'd perk up archery for hunting purposes, using the hunting bow (long bow seems more like a military weapon to me). Stamina would probably be important. Any time I see chefs on TV they look like they are high on coke or something (think energizer bunny). Probably light armor would be a good perk tree to explore for the chef character. Sneak and speech would probably be good too. Chefs are always in the back out of sight (sneak) and a lot of TV chefs have a funny way of talking (speech).

Actually i just found them on one of my characters i killed off that had the house in Riften. a 1 damage fork and a 3 damage knife. gonna have to enchant them.
Hell yeah!
Yes i like that. and yes i liked that quest you mentioned in the spoiler.
Thanks.

Hehe... and call him 'Bobby Flay'.

Patio upgrade should be all you need, the wiki page should describe exactly where they are.

Hehe, the gourmet sure likes meat the White Glove Society way

That's "money"

His name is Ramsay

This sounds pretty weird to me, but .

That's the dude! Great outfit there for a Chef build.

You can get those alot of places. there not rare.